The Golden Globe Awards, which attracted attention as the first serious Hollywood awards since the end of the long-drawn Actors Guild and Writers Guild strike last year, was held in Beverly Hills, USA on the 7th, and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” won five titles. It has also become a hot topic that director Hayao Miyazaki’s “How Are You Living?” became the first Japanese film to win the Animated Film Award.
With the announcement of the Golden Globe Awards, which are considered a prelude to the Academy Awards, Hollywood is getting excited as the Academy Awards nominations are finally announced on the 23rd of this month. “How do you live?” is certain to be nominated for the Best Animated Feature Award, and Japan’s representative “Perfect Days” is one of the main candidates for the International Film Award, so it is expected that Japanese films will make great strides this year. I am. “Godzilla-1.0,” which is a big hit in the United States, is also expected to be nominated, and it seems likely that multiple Japanese films will be nominated.
With about two weeks left until the announcement, we will bring you the predictions for this year’s Academy Awards nominations.
■“Oppenheimer” has the highest possibility of being nominated
“Oppenheimer,” which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama, is expected to win the major categories. The film, which depicts the life of physicist Robert Oppenheimer, known as the “father of the atomic bomb,” won Best Picture, Best Director for Nolan, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, who played Oppenheimer, and Robert Downey.・It is expected to be nominated in multiple categories including Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Director Christopher Nolan (left) poses in the press room after receiving the Golden Globe Award (AP)
■Will “Godzilla-1.0” win Best Picture?
The Best Picture went to “Barbie,” a live-action version of the Barbie doll that became a social phenomenon, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” a collaboration between director Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, and “Killers of the Flower Moon,” directed by the genius Yorgos Lanthimos. “Pity”, “Maestro: Music and Love”, directed by and starring Bradley Cooper, “American Fiction”, which won the Audience Award, the top prize at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Alexander Director Payne’s first new film in six years, “Holdovers,” is certain to be nominated. All eyes are on whether “Godzilla-1.0”, which received a surprise nomination in the foreign language film category of the Critics’ Choice Awards (Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards) to be announced on the 14th, will be able to slip into this category. The film, which has received high praise from critics, has been ranked among the top 10 films of 2023 by The Hollywood Reporter, and many expect it to be nominated for an Oscar, so it could be a long shot.
■Director Nolan is the frontrunner for the director award, and DiCaprio is also expected to be nominated for the lead actor category.
As for the director’s award, attention is on whether director Nolan will be able to win his first Oscar for Honestly, his fourth film following his first Golden Globe win. Other nominees in the category are expected to include Scorsese, Lanthimos, and Barbie director Greta Gerwig.
In addition to Murphy, DiCaprio, and Cooper, nominations for Best Actor are expected to include Jeffrey Wright for “American Fiction” and Paul Giamatti for “The Holdovers.” Also nominated for Best Actress are Margot Robbie for her role as Barbie, Golden Globe-winner Emma Stone for “The Ladies” and Lily Gladstone for “Killers of the Flower Moon.” It is expected that.
From Japan, it is certain that “Godzilla-1.0” will be nominated for the Visual Effects Award, and attention is being paid to whether “How Do You Live?” will be nominated for the Best Animated Feature Award as well as the Best Original Score.
[Kanako Chitose](Nikkan Sports.com/Entertainment Column “Hollywood Direct Delivery”)
